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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Xend] Move some backend configuration

To: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Xend] Move some backend configuration
From: Pascal Bouchareine <pascal@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:21:38 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 05:35:37PM +0100, John Levon wrote:
> Why isn't xenstored refusing writes/deletes from domid != 0 for these ?
> Isn't this a much better fix?

We have to manage races and such, and prevent deletion up to the
parent nodes, too - Was not sure this was wanted/easy to do, or
clean as you mention

> BTW, the ability to change the name or whatever also seems suspect,
> though most likely less serious.

Untrusted user input coming into dom0 surely leads to bad things. 
"name" is stored into /vm too, I guess this one is used by tools ?

Most sensitive information in xend can be moved replacing calls to
read/storeDom with calls to read/storeVm.

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